The H-Line was the Christian Dior collection introduced in 1954 and named for a letter of the alphabet.
Dior’s line names often summarized the dominant shape of a season. The H-Line created a relatively straight silhouette, with the waist visually lowered or softened compared with the dramatically cinched waist associated with the earliest New Look.
Its name refers to the outline formed by the garments rather than to a person, place, or fabric. This alphabet-based naming system helped fashion writers and the public distinguish Dior’s changing silhouettes from one season to the next.
The H-Line should not be confused with Dior’s A-Line, presented in 1955, or the Trapeze Line, introduced under Yves Saint Laurent in 1958. Those collections had different proportions and dates.